自從下一代科學標準 (NGSS) 初稿發布以來，NSTA 一直走在推廣該標準和幫助科學教育工作者熟悉和學會閱讀這份令人興奮但複雜的文件的前沿。後來，當最終版本發布並且各州開始採用該標準時，NSTA 開始開發資源來幫助教育工作者實施該標準。
在這個過程中，NSTA 了解到，即使是最簡單的資源，例如一頁的備忘單，也可能非常有用。這裡收集了許多這樣的工具，包括
• 一份兩頁的“小抄”，描述構成《K-12 科學教育框架》中所述的三個維度的實踐、核心思想和跨學科概念；
• 一個「框內」圖形，清楚顯示NGSS頁面上出現的所有單獨的文字部分；
• 一張維恩圖，比較了 NGSS、共同核心州立標準、數學和共同核心州立標準、英語語言藝術中的實踐；和
• 矩陣顯示NGSS如何依主題和學科核心思想進行組織。
本指南也提供了適當的績效期望；學科核心思想；做法；跨學科概念；與工程、技術和科學應用的連結；以及與科學本質的連結。它被設計用於 NGSS。
NSTA 的 NGSS 快速參考指南也提供針對特定年級的版本（國中和高中各一個），以及綜合的 K-12 版本。這四本快速參考指南對於各級科學教師、管理人員、課程開發者和教師教育者來說都是不可或缺的。
Since the release of the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has been at the forefront in promoting the standards and helping science educators become familiar with and learn to navigate this exciting but complex document. Later, when the final version was released and states began adopting the standards, NSTA started to develop resources that would assist educators with their implementation.
Along the way, NSTA learned that even the simplest of resources, like a one-page cheat sheet, can be extremely useful. Many of those tools are collected here, including
• a two-page “ cheat sheet” that describes the practices, core ideas, and crosscutting concepts that make up the three dimensions described in A Framework for K– 12 Science Education;
• an “ Inside the Box” graphic that spells out all of the individual sections of text that appear on a page of the NGSS;
• a Venn diagram comparing the practices in NGSS, Common Core State Standards, Mathematics, and Common Core State Standards, English Language Arts; and
• matrices showing how the NGSS are organized by topic and disciplinary core idea.
This guide also provides the appropriate performance expectations; disciplinary core ideas; practices; crosscutting concepts; connections to engineering, technology, and applications of science; and connections to nature of science. It is designed to be used with the NGSS.
The NSTA Quick-Reference Guides to the NGSS are also available in grade-specific versions— one each for middle and high school— plus a comprehensive K-12 edition. The four Quick-Reference Guides are indispensable to science teachers at all levels, as well as to administrators, curriculum developers, and teacher educators.
